Bats help people in several ways. First, there are many
species that can eat thousands of mosquitoes and crop destroying insects in
an evening. Imagine a whole colony of bats eating away. There are others that
pollinate many fruits and nuts that we enjoy.

Large Fruit Bats can spread seeds throughout the rain
forest helping to plant new growth. Vampire bats have a special blood thinning
chemical in their saliva that we study and use. Micro-bat's echolocation is
being studied to see if we can duplicate it to assist blind people. And in
addition, bat's poop, called guano, is the best plant fertilizer known to
man.